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SUBMITTER: de Melo CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6844555 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
de Melo Celso M CM Terada Kazunori K
PloS one 20191111 11
As machines that act autonomously on behalf of others-e.g., robots-become integral to society, it is critical we understand the impact on human decision-making. Here we show that people readily engage in social categorization distinguishing humans ("us") from machines ("them"), which leads to reduced cooperation with machines. However, we show that a simple cultural cue-the ethnicity of the machine's virtual face-mitigated this bias for participants from two distinct cultures (Japan and United S ...[more]